- Bielany
Infobox_Warsaw
name=Bielany
no_diacrite=Bielany
area=32,3
population=134 854 (2007 )
density=4171
mayor=Zbigniew Dubiel
landmarks=
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website=http://www.bielany.waw.pl/:"This article is about district in Warsaw. There are also districts in
Toruń and Krakow with the same name. For similarly-named villages, seeBielany (disambiguation) ."Bielany is a district inWarsaw located in the northern part of the city.Initially a part of
Żoliborz , Bielany has been an independent district since 1994. Bielany borders Żoliborz from the south,Wola andBemowo from the west. Its eastern border is the Wisła, and the northern border is also the northern border of Warsaw.Name 'Bielany', which in Polish is plural, derives from white habits of
Camaldolese fathers who have a priory there. It is also known for theJózef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw , which was established 1929 when it was known as the Central Institute for Physical Education (C.I.W.F.).Twin towns
Bielany is twinned with:
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